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Eric Till

Freelance Small Business Operations Consultant
Verified Expert in Finance
UTC-08:00
United States
Toptal Member Since August 18, 2022

Eric is a financial services professional with 15+ years of experience as a sell-side, buy-side, and startup professional, advising on debt and equity deals from $10 million to over $1 billion. He has deployed more than $2 billion into funds at Apollo across various structures and sectors. During his experience at boutique firms and on his own, he has worked with both large and early-stage companies. Eric wants to work on challenging projects alongside his other small business owner endeavors.

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Mohamed Zarrugh

Freelance Small Business Operations Consultant
Verified Expert in Finance
UTC-07:00
United States
Toptal Member Since May 12, 2022

Mohamed has held executive internal consulting roles for JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, transforming operations with annualized expense reductions of up to $180 million. He is a finance expert who perfectly blends the academic knowledge of an Industrial Engineering degree and MBA with deep business acumen and technical know-how. Specializing in strategic planning, performance management, and process improvement initiatives, Mohamed is willing to leverage his experience with other clients.

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Jesse Warlick

Freelance Small Business Operations Consultant
Verified Expert in Finance
UTC-07:00
United States
Toptal Member Since March 19, 2021

Jesse co-founded an entertainment center business, which he grew to three locations in under two years. As VP of strategy and development at a PE-backed construction services company (now Nasdaq: BBCP), he helped the company acquire eight businesses and expand to the UK. He joined BBCP from the private equity acquisition team. He began his career in restructuring investment banking at Rothschild. Jesse freelances to continue working on challenging finance projects while he grows his business.

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Michael Andrew Hengst

Freelance Small Business Operations Consultant
Verified Expert in Finance
UTC-06:00
Mexico
Toptal Member Since November 15, 2022

Michael is a finance leader with 17 years of experience in operational finance, VC investing, consulting, and entrepreneurship. He set up a shared services FP&A team of 30+ people at GE, managing $200+ million. As a VC fund manager, he assessed 600+ startups and doubled the portfolio value in two years. Michael is passionate about improving a business's performance and has helped 40+ clients with company valuations, M&A transactions, raising capital, and developing strategic growth plans.

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Trevor Davis

Freelance Small Business Operations Consultant
Verified Expert in Finance
UTC-05:00
Canada
Toptal Member Since February 21, 2019

Trevor is an experienced entrepreneur and banker with a background in business plan development, financial modeling, M&A, capital raising, and business valuation. He has worked and advised clients across many industries. Trevor has worked on over $5 billion of M&A and financing transactions and has advised clients ranging from early-stage startups to multi-billion dollar businesses.

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Animesh Saxena

Freelance Small Business Operations Consultant
Verified Expert in Finance
UTC-05:00
United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since December 29, 2021

Animesh has 15+ years of experience in asset classes, including startup investments, venture capital, private equity, real estate, equities, fixed income, structured products, and fund investments. He is an expert in PowerPoint (preparation of pitch decks, investment memorandums, transaction decks, strategic M&A due diligence reports) and Excel (detailed financial modeling, including startup models, M&A models, LBOs, Macros, VBA, data tables, valuations, accounting, and management dashboards).

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Juba Tsuladze

Freelance Small Business Operations Consultant
Verified Expert in Finance
UTC+00:00
United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since February 15, 2017

Juba is the founder of angioClast, a Cambridge-based biotech startup focused on cancer research. Before entrepreneurship, Juba was a seasoned CFO with multi-industry experience and worked on projects, ranging from an equity sale of a $150 million telecom company to a $50 million hotel business turnaround. He joined the Toptal network to resolve diverse FP&A, M&A, buyouts, and strategic analysis challenges.

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Peer Hackman

Freelance Small Business Operations Consultant
Verified Expert in Finance
UTC+00:00
United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since August 24, 2022

Peer is a strategy consultant and executive with experience at McKinsey, PwC, Capgemini, and C-suite roles (COO, CCO, CMO, CSO). He specializes in growth strategies, transformation, and scaling for enterprises and startups. With success in TMT, retail, and fintech, Peer excels at strategic planning and cross-functional leadership. He drives operational excellence, implements solutions, and ensures strategy execution. Peer optimizes operations and delivers results in dynamic environments.

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Mohammad Reda

Freelance Small Business Operations Consultant
Verified Expert in Finance
UTC+04:00
United Arab Emirates
Toptal Member Since May 18, 2022

Mohammad has over two decades of diversified experience in emerging markets and holds an MBA. As a business excellence advisor, he's helped SMEs and startups build their business models and structures to achieve remarkable growth and advised on funding needs. He also has extensive experience in digital transformation through post-graduate studies and reengineering processes and teams to penetrate new markets. Mohammad joined Toptal to help clients to create global success stories.

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Arvind Kumar

Freelance Small Business Operations Consultant
Verified Expert in Finance
UTC+05:00
India
Toptal Member Since August 3, 2022

Arvind is a consultant with nine years of experience, including KPMG Global Strategy Group, Goldman Sachs, and EY across the Middle East, America, India, and Europe. He has delivered 30+ projects, including growth strategies and business plans; M&A and financial analyses; pitch decks; and go-to-market, branding, and digital strategies. Arvind has a demonstrated track record in planning and delivering complex transformations ranging from $2 million to $1 billion. He holds an MBA from HEC Paris.

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Vin Luyen, MBA, PMP

Freelance Small Business Operations Consultant
Verified Expert in Finance
UTC+07:00
Vietnam
Toptal Member Since May 23, 2022

Vin is an executive with 22 years of experience across technology, energy, banking, and management consulting in the US and Asian markets. In his career, he assisted renowned clients to future proof business through strategy development, change management, business transformation, and project management. Vin is a highly efficient professional with the experience, drive, and skill set needed to successfully lead global teams in delivering his clients' milestones.

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Erik has been an extremely valuable member of our team who has tremendous breath of experience with start ups in our lifecycle phase. What makes his contribution unique and highly effective is not only his excellent financial modeling skills and knowledge, but also the emotional intelligence with which he manages each relationship at Vault, understands our team dynamics, and helps us tackle start up challenges effectively. It is rare to find a part-time consultant who makes you feel like he/she is genuinely invested in the success of your company.

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Toptal has been an incredible key partner for Sidekick. As an early-stage start-up, we’ve leveraged both design and financial talent. The experience has been incredible, with those professionals bringing creativity, expertise, and advice to ensure Sidekick succeeds. My Toptal financial expert helped steer Sidekick’s business model, which resulted in an initial ROI of 650x! My experience with Toptal has given me great confidence in the future.

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Chris was great to work with and was always available on my schedule. His communication skills and personality were a 10/10. His outputs on the project were top notch and allowed us to develop more efficient forecasting and initiative prioritization frameworks. I would definitely use Chris again.

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What really sets Toptal apart is the caliber of finance talent available in their network. I had a very specific and pressing need, and Toptal quickly matched me with the perfect person for the job. The expert produced a thoughtful and robust financial analysis that has ultimately allowed us to forecast and prioritize initiatives much more efficiently.

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  • How quickly can you hire with Toptal?

    Typically, you can hire a Small Business Operations Consultant with Toptal in about 48 hours. For larger teams of talent or Managed Delivery, timelines may vary. Our talent matchers are highly skilled in the same fields they’re matching in—they’re not recruiters or HR reps. They’ll work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics, and match you with ideal candidates from our vetted global talent network.

    Once you select your Small Business Operations Consultant, you’ll have a no-risk trial period to ensure they’re the perfect fit. Our matching process has a 98% trial-to-hire rate, so you can rest assured that you’re getting the best fit every time.

  • To hire the right Small Business Operations Consultant, it’s important to evaluate a candidate’s experience, technical skills, and communication skills. You’ll also want to consider the fit with your particular industry, company, and project. Toptal’s rigorous screening process ensures that every member of our network has excellent experience and skills, and our team will match you with the perfect Small Business Operations Consultants for your project.

  • At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Small Business Operations Consultants to ensure we only match you with the highest caliber of talent. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut.

    In addition to screening for industry-leading expertise, we also assess candidates’ language and interpersonal skills to ensure that you have a smooth working relationship.

    When you hire with Toptal, you’ll always work with world-class, custom-matched Small Business Operations Consultants ready to help you achieve your goals.

  • You can hire Small Business Operations Consultants on an hourly, part-time, or full-time basis. Toptal can also manage the entire project from end-to-end with our Managed Delivery offering. Whether you hire an expert for a full- or part-time position, you’ll have the control and flexibility to scale your team up or down as your needs evolve. Our Small Business Operations Consultants can fully integrate into your existing team for a seamless working experience.

  • We make sure that each engagement between you and your Small Business Operations Consultant begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you’re completely satisfied with the results, we’ll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you’d like. If you’re not completely satisfied, you won’t be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

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